Improvement in beater-presses



P. K.,DE'DERIGK.

BBATER PRESS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. K. DEDERICK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR TO L. AND P. K. DED- ERIOK, OF SAME PLACE.

lM P-ROYVEMENT m BYEATER-P'RES-S,E-S.'-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,619, dated July 4, 1865.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. K. DEDEnrcK, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Beater-Press and I- do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, Sheet No.1,is a horizontal section of my invention, taken in the line a. 00,.Fig. 3; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same, taken in the line 3 y, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, Sheet'No. 2, evertical section of the same, taken in the line zz, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-. sponding parts.

This invention relates toanew andimproved beater-press; and it consists in a novel and improved construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter fully shown and described,

' has an upright position, and the press-boxB placed or formed within it. I These parts may be constructed in much the usual way, and therefore do not require a specific description.

' 0 represents the beater, which has acord or rope, D, attached to it, which passes over a wheel or pulley, E, on'the top of the framing A. This beater is allowed to'work freely up and down within the press-box during the beating operation.

F represents the follower, which works in the lower part of the press-box B, and is suspended at each end by two upright bars, G G, which extend upward at each narrow side of the'press-box and are attached to rods H H, the ends of which are connected by bars I I at the outer sides of the press-box, as shown in Fig. 1. By this arrangement a positive connection of the rods H Hand bars Iis obtained, which tends to insure a uniform action of the levers on the follower.

which pass through the framing of the press. I

(See Fig.3.) By this arrangement it'will be 1 seen that the'inner ends of the levers J arelocated within the .framing A,and that theyare above the bale when pressed, and the feet or bars K are brought as near as possible 'to, a perpendicular line in compacting or compressing the bale, and relie'vethe latter when the levers J are drawn fully down and the bale compressed'to its greatest extent. The levers J are operated by ropes L, which pass around sheaves'or pulleys c, at the lower ends of the levers, and are connected to a rope, M, which is connected to' the drum M of a Windlass, hereinafter described.

At each narrow side of the press-box, at its upper part, there is suspended, by a pivot, d,a

plate, N. The lower ends of these plates are connected by eyes 0 to a frame, O,which are fitted loosely at their lower ends on the rods or bolts b, on which the feet or bars K of the levers J are fitted. The frames 0 O of the two plates N N are connected to rods P -P with a lever, Q, and by operating'thi-s lever. the lower ends of the two frames 0' 0 may be moved 'simultaneously either toward or from each other, and be made to catch over the top of the beater or be moved on? free from it. The plates N N perform an important function, to wit: they prevent the beater C, while acting as such, from falling upon the frames, as the beater in descending forces out the plates, and thereby causes the frames 0 to be moved out from the line of the descent of the beater. The lowe'? ends of the plates N N are byactuating: the lever Q drawn inward so-asto catch over the top of the beater and hold it firmly, so that it may serve as a head-block, as shown in red in Fig.3.

It will be seen from the above description that the guides f for the beater, at the upper part of the press-box, serve also as guides for the inner parts of the levers J, as the rods H H and harsl I encompass the upper part of the press-box. The levers J, therefore, cannot but work steadily, and without being attended with much friction. I

R R represent .the doors of the press box, which are placed one at each broad side of the same, and may be hung in the usual or in any proper manner. These doors, however, are provided with a peculiar fastening, the same being composed of ,a roller, S, having two eccentrics, T T, upon it, each roller being provided with a lever or handle, U, The rollers S are connected to the framing of the pressby links V to admit of them being adjusted over bearings W on the doors, or moved oil from the same. This fastening may be operated with the greatest facility and the doorskeptfirmly closed without the possibility of casuall y openmg. I

X'Xre 'n'esent the end-relievingplates, which are at the narrow sides of the press-box, and are designed for relieving the ends of the halo after being compressed, inorder that'the bale may be readily "removed from the press-box. Theserelieving-platesXarefittedat theirlower ends on shafts or bars f, the ends of whichare provided with journals fitted in the framing A, and the upper'euds of said plates are connected to the uprighttbl'lower-bars G by means of metal strips Y, which extend over the inner sides'ot' the bars G and retain the plates X in proper position, the strips Y not interfering in the least with the movement of the bars G.

At the outer side of each plate X th'ere is secured an upright bar, Z, between which and the plates. a shaft, Z, is fitted,,the journals of said-shaft being in the framing. The shafts 'Z have eccentrics or projections A on them,

which, by turning the shafts Z, through the medium of a lever, B, are madeto bear against the bars Z and force outward the plates X, so as to relieve the ends of the bale from pressure, the elasticity of the follower-bars G admitting of this result and at the same time being drawn from the bale, so that they cannot bind or bear against it. i

Both the heater and the follower are operated by one and the same Windlass, which is constructed and arranged as follows:

C. is an upright shaft, which has the drum M". permanently secured on its lower part, and

.also a ratchet, E, the latter being above the.

drum M". 011 this shaft 0, above the ratchet E, a sweep, F, is fitted loosely, and above the sweep a ratchet, G, is fitted loosely on the shaft 0, the ratchet G having a pulley, H, attached to its upper surface. I

1 represents a horizontal bed or plate, through which the upper endof the shaft 0 passes. This bed or plate may rest on ashoulder upon the shaft, and it is held in position 'or prevented from turning by means of cords or chains J J attached to each' end of a bar, K, on the bed or plate, and to the. upper end of the framing of the press.

The sweep F has two sliding pawl-bars, L L", fitted to it, one of which L, is in line with the ratchet E, and the other, L",-in line with the ratchet G. These pawl-bars are connected at their outenends to levers M. The lever M of the pawlbar L has a rod, N, attached to it, and this rod is connected to a metal strap, 0, which encompasses a smooth surface on the ratchet G. This rod N also has a lever,

1?, attached to it. The strap 0 serves as a' brake, which is designed to regulate or control the action of the beater.

The heater 0, when acting as such, is elevated by the pulley. H, motion to which is given by shoving the pawl-bar L" in contact with the ratchet G. made to work on the pulley H. by means of a guide-pulley, P, attached'to the bed or plate 1. The beater is allowed to descendat any time at the will of the operator, who drawsthe pawl-bar'L out iron) the ratchet G, the-strap O serving as a brake to prcventthe unnecessary unwinding of therope 1) from thepulley H, nom'ore rope being-allowed to pass from pulley H than is necessary to let down the beater. This strap or brake 0 may be operated by the lever of the pawl-bar L or be operated by the lever P of the rod N. "In operating the levers'J J the operator .shoves'the pawl-bar L in contact'with the ratchet'E, the'druin M winding up-the rope M, andthus causing the lovers J J to be drawn down.

Having thus described my in vention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The employment and use, in a heater press, of toggle-levers, with the lower ends of theifulcrum-levcrs permanently located on a plane even with orabove the top of the bale, when said levers are connected by the rods H H and bars'I l, the whole being-so constructed as not to interfere with the relieving of the bale endwise when pressed.

2. The frames 0, forming adi'rect and substantial connection between the fulcrum-bars b and the beater as a head-block, and the suspended plates N attached to the frames 0, in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. The fastenings for the doors, composed of the rollers S, connected to the frame of the press by means of links V, and provided with eccentrics T T and handles U, substantially as set forth.

4. The relieving-plates X X, arranged with the bars Z, shafts Z, having eccentrics A on 5. The follower suspended by the bars G Grv to the upper ends of the toggle-levers J J, in combination with the beater 0, used asa fixed head while the halo is being pressed.

P. K. DEDEEIOK. Witnesses:

'- O. L. DEDERIGK,

' O R. DEDEB-ICK.

The ropeor cord Disthem, and-connected with the'follo'wer bars (3,. 

